[REBOL] Re: Concurrent access to data file
From: coussement:c:itc:mil:be at: 20-Feb-2001 10:27
> > I'm confronted with a little but important problem...
> >
> > I'm using a block structure for storing data on a server. 40 PC's -soon
> 80- could potentialy dump their data on the same time into one single data
> file on the server.
>
> Perhaps better would be for the 40 (or 80) PCs to each write their own
> data
> into a file on a shared folder on their Hard Disk Drive. That way the PCs
> don't have to _compete_ for network access at the same time. Then a
> program
> on the server can periodically read each PC (say, every ten seconds or
> when
> convenient) and accumulate the data files, one at a time.
[Thanks for answering.
I did consider this solution. It's indeed IMHO a safe one, and
easy-to-implement, but I would like to go for a more "elegant" solution.
If I do not find anything else I will use that.
Best Regards,
chr==
]
